Elizabeth Gettelman

Elizabeth Gettelman

Public Affairs Director

Elizabeth started at Mother Jones as a fact-check intern in 2004. After a stint as research editor she was MoJo's managing editor for five years before recently becoming the organization's head cheerleader.

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Prior to joining Mother Jones, Elizabeth worked as a newspaper reporter, a freelance writer, and a policy analyst in former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown's administration, where she attended his soirees at the Top of the Mark. She's written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Washington Post, and other publications, and is the author of Sportsgirl: Competitive Basketball for Girls.

Short Takes: Soul Food Junkies
Fri Jan. 11, 2013 4:01 AM PST

Film Review: No Look Pass
Tue Jun. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Penn State's Joe Paterno Shouldn't Have Coached a Game This Season
Wed Nov. 9, 2011 11:29 PM PST

The Onion News Network: Cable News Gone Rogue
Fri Jan. 21, 2011 3:39 PM PST

From Cayenne to Viagra: The IRS' Dos and Don'ts of Health Care Spending
Fri Dec. 17, 2010 3:17 PM PST

Alberto Contador: Food Poisoning or Performance Enhancement?
Fri Oct. 1, 2010 7:53 AM PDT

Oscar Grant Verdict and Oakland's Bad Rep
Fri Jul. 9, 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Can Techies Muzzle the Vuvuzela?
Wed Jun. 16, 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Guantanamo Bay's $2 Billion Pricetag
Thu Jun. 10, 2010 5:00 AM PDT

Natalie Angier's Nonfiction Picks
Fri May. 21, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Susan Orlean's Nonfiction Picks
Wed May. 12, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

Breastfeeding "Non-Compliance" Costs US $13 Billion A Year
Fri Apr. 16, 2010 9:38 AM PDT

The Butler Almost Did It
Tue Apr. 6, 2010 10:51 AM PDT

Ladies, Stand Up and Pee!
Fri Mar. 19, 2010 4:39 PM PDT

Mother Jones Awards Nominations Keep Coming
Wed Mar. 17, 2010 4:26 AM PDT

Skateboarding Deserves the Olympics, Only Fair
Thu Feb. 18, 2010 5:44 PM PST

Can Red Bull Make You Crazy?
Thu Feb. 11, 2010 5:10 AM PST

A Super Bowl of One's Own
Wed Feb. 3, 2010 5:34 PM PST

CBS to Air First Super Bowl Abortion Ad
Fri Jan. 22, 2010 1:19 PM PST

Caitlin Flanagan Mows Down School Gardens
Wed Jan. 13, 2010 1:50 PM PST

Exit Wounds: Defending Our Vets
Wed Nov. 11, 2009 5:00 AM PST

Soldier Shootout at Fort Hood Leaves 12 Dead
Thu Nov. 5, 2009 3:14 PM PST

Bank Busting Professor Warren
Thu Oct. 8, 2009 1:19 PM PDT

Abortion Support Reaches New Low
Fri Oct. 2, 2009 10:28 AM PDT

The Motherhood Option
Thu Oct. 1, 2009 9:31 AM PDT

Apologizing to the Dead
Wed Sep. 30, 2009 11:17 PM PDT

In Defense of Fact-Checking
Fri Sep. 4, 2009 8:12 AM PDT

How to Piss Off New York City
Fri Aug. 21, 2009 9:50 AM PDT

Waxman (D-Watchdog!)
Thu Aug. 20, 2009 12:11 PM PDT

Taxes - Public Option = Industry Windfall
Thu Aug. 20, 2009 10:51 AM PDT

Talk About Your Product Placement...
Tue Aug. 18, 2009 3:56 PM PDT

MoJo Kicked Out of Jail
Mon Aug. 17, 2009 3:24 PM PDT

The White House: They're Just Like Us!
Sun Aug. 16, 2009 8:38 PM PDT

Recession Depression
Thu Aug. 13, 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Ohio Abortion Bill Requires Man's Written Permission
Thu Jul. 23, 2009 9:09 AM PDT

Walter Cronkite Dead at 92
Fri Jul. 17, 2009 5:41 PM PDT

When the Clock Strikes 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9
Tue Jul. 7, 2009 9:38 PM PDT

King of Pop Dead, News Arc Shifts in His Wake
Thu Jun. 25, 2009 3:30 PM PDT

Burgers = Sex, Duh
Wed Jun. 24, 2009 7:50 PM PDT

New Tupac Album to Drop, Some Things Will Never Change
Mon Jun. 22, 2009 4:36 PM PDT

Letter from Iran
Sun Jun. 21, 2009 6:21 PM PDT

John Ensign's Interns Pack It In
Thu Jun. 18, 2009 3:54 PM PDT

There's the Beef! KFC's New Meaty Chicken
Thu Jun. 18, 2009 2:06 PM PDT

Associated Press To Syndicate Investigative Journalism
Sun Jun. 14, 2009 9:07 PM PDT

Antenna Eco-Challenge
Thu Jun. 11, 2009 3:22 PM PDT

Fill Recession-Era Potholes With Legos
Tue Jun. 9, 2009 12:27 PM PDT

New Cartoon Low: Sotomayor as Pinata
Wed Jun. 3, 2009 10:51 AM PDT

Rachel Alexandra, Meet Anna Wintour
Sun May. 17, 2009 8:31 PM PDT

Swine Flu Gives Pork a Bad Name
Tue Apr. 28, 2009 9:45 PM PDT

Vajayjay Meets Registered Trademark
Fri Apr. 17, 2009 9:18 AM PDT

Sonja Sohn ReWires Baltimore

The actress famed for portraying an ass-kicking cop in The Wire hustles to fight street violence in real life.

Thu Mar. 15, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Wendell Pierce Goes to Market

The "Treme" and "The Wire" actor on his career, launching a supermarket chain in New Orleans, and why Americans shy away from reality on television.

January/February 2012 Issue

Project Runway's Top Gunn

Tim Gunn on revolutionary fashion, the "It Gets Better" campaign, and why you're never too smart for style.

January/February 2012 Issue

How to Make a Feature Film With Your Cellphone

The Oscar-eligible "Olive" is the first theater-ready film to be shot entirely with a smartphone. Here's how it was done.

Fri Dec. 30, 2011 4:00 AM PST

All in the Game

Actor Michael Kenneth Williams on being Omar, "ear-hustling," and connecting with Mike Tyson.

September/October 2011 Issue

Rosario Dawson Acts Up

Hollywood's hottest actress-activist on YouTube flicks, telenovelas, and her Twitter addiction.

July/August 2011 Issue

Books: What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets

Who eats more, a Namibian trucker or a British mom? Authors Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio circle the globe to document the meal truth.

September/October 2010 Issue

Pat Tillman's War

The Tillman Story documentary reveals a family as heroic as the football star turned icon.

Fri Sep. 3, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Jack Johnson Heads To the Sea

The smooth tracks of a surfing, songwriting, social-activist rock star.

Thu Jun. 10, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

The Enemy in Your Pants

The military’s decades-long war against STDs.

May/June 2010 Issue

Masters of the Uterus

The 3,500-year battle over where babies do—and don't—come from.

May/June 2010

Not Quite Ready to Be a Mother? That's Ok Too.

The greatest hits in contraceptive history, from crocodile dung to KISS condoms.

May/June 2010 Issue

A Voice in Haiti's Chorus

Author Edwidge Danticat on Haiti’s long road to recovery.

May/June 2010 Issue

Dope and Glory

From Viagra to Vancouver, our brave new performance enhancing world.

January/Febraury 2010 Issue

False Positives

The 10 best excuses given by athletes busted for doping.

January/February 2010 Issue

Film: 9500 Liberty

A Virginia county's battle over random immigration status checks.

January/February 2010 Issue

Into the Heart of Whiteness

Richard Benjamin on being the lone black guy at a white separatist retreat, and other adventures in America's whitest places.

Wed Dec. 23, 2009 5:00 AM PST

A Powerfully Concentrated History of Performance Enhancement
January/February 2010 Issue

Conspiracy Watch: America's Evilest Airport

Denver's airport of doom.

November/December 2009 Issue

Aboxalypse Now

Overpackaging, killer clamshells, and other common triggers of wrap rage.

November/December 2009 Issue

Consumer Retorts: Trader Joe's Bad Wrap

Yo, Joe! Do apples really need extra packaging?

September/October 2009 Issue

I'm With the Rand

Celebrity fans of the cult of selfishness.

July/August 2009 Issue

Conspiracy Watch: Operation Couch Potato

Does the government know you're addicted to <span style="font-style:normal !important;">Gossip Girl</span>?

May/June 2009

Can Biology Clean Up Sewage and Oil Spills?

From mushrooms to hair mats, quirky cleanups for man-made messes.

May/June 2009

Pop Culture Shards From the Trash Heap of History

Memorable garbage from Woodsy to Wall-E.

May/June 2009

Books: Righteous Porkchop

Nicolette Hahn Niman's insider story of fighting factory farms from the courtroom to the marketplace.

Tue Mar. 31, 2009 11:29 AM PDT

Gwen Ifill's Truth

The anchor of neutrality dishes on politesse and why it's so hard for her to vote.

Sun Mar. 29, 2009 3:31 PM PDT

Books: The Lottery Wars

Long odds, fast money, and the battle over an American institution.

March/April 2009

Conspiracy Watch: The Wisest Guys in the Room

Did the Mafia kneecap Wall Street?

January/February 2009 Issue

A Glossary of Sustainability

We decode green lingo, from "upcycling" to "LOHAS."

November/December 2008 Issue

Greens Gone Wild

Who says skivvies, sex, and booze can't factor into the sustainability equation?

November/December 2008 Issue

Kindergardens for All

Public school gardens are a frontline response to the obesity epidemic. So why aren't there more of them?

November/December 2008 Issue

DoNotMail.gov

The national Do Not Call registry is five years old. Is it time for a national Do Not Junk Mail list?

November/December 2008 Issue

Roundtable Review: W.

<i>MoJo</i> staffers riff on <i>W.</i>, Oliver Stone's biopic of George W. Bush, starring Josh Brolin.

Fri Oct. 17, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

The MoJo Interview: Bill Maher

Caustic comedian Bill Maher on bargaining with God and why Christianity is just as crazy as Scientology.

September/October 2008 Issue